60: Yongning Business Alliance

With a thought, the golden mountain seal transformed into a golden stream of light and merged into Liu Xuan's palm.

Inside the Dantian, the golden mountain seal sat at the center, and surprisingly, it even had a faint effect of assisting in refining Qi.

'If only it were a true Magic Treasure!' Liu Xuan thought greedily.

But if it were a true Magic Treasure golden mountain seal, with his Qi Refining Third Layer cultivation, he would be completely unable to drive it, nor could he store it in his Dantian.

After putting away the talisman treasure golden mountain seal, Liu Xuan stood up from the meditation cushion; his heart beat violently, and vigorous blood energy surged throughout his body.

The muscles on his body bulged, his skin took on the texture of jade, his physique expanded slightly, and an aura like that of a Yao Beast spread out.

Drawing the fine gold Magical Artifact sword from his waist, Liu Xuan waved it casually, and the sound of the sword ringing out stirred up a breeze in the room.

Liu Xuan did not use any magic power; merely by exerting his Physical Body strength normally, the power had already reached the level of a Middle Stage of Qi Refining Cultivator.

He estimated he was even slightly superior; ordinary Middle Stage of Qi Refining Cultivators could not afford a First-Rank High Grade fine gold Magical Artifact sword.

"The only thing I am lacking now is combat experience! Come to think of it, I have never fought with anyone before..."

"It doesn't matter! Cultivation Realm is the priority; this bit of combat experience in the Qi Refinement Stage is not of much use!"

This was not Liu Xuan comforting himself, but the consensus of the Cultivation World.

The Red Pine Sect Outer Sect Spell Hall held a combat competition every year, but very few people participated, the prizes were average, and even fewer upper-level figures paid attention; this was the reason.

What if a Qi Refinement Stage Cultivator's combat experience is high? Could they possibly cross ranks to defeat a Foundation Establishment Cultivator?

The Sect only looks at the future; the greater the possibility of breaking through to a higher Realm, the more highly regarded one is; everything else is empty.

"Body Refining Third Layer is about to reach Perfection; I wonder if I can break through to the Qi Refining Fourth Layer this month!"

As long as his Body Refining cultivation broke through to the fourth layer, reaching the Middle Stage of Body Refining Realm, Liu Xuan was confident he would be invincible within the Middle Stage of Qi Refining, even if he had no combat experience.

Body Refining cultivation was the most comprehensive; he could take hits and dish them out, and coupled with the assistance of magic power, along with countless Talismans and High Grade Magical Artifacts, his hard strength was enough to crush his opponents, making experience and techniques unnecessary.

Putting the fine gold Magical Artifact sword back at his waist, the aura on Liu Xuan's body slowly returned to calm.

The massive power of blood energy subsided into his heart, making it impossible to distinguish him from an ordinary Cultivator.

Getting up and walking out of the Cultivation Chamber, Liu Xuan saw his sister, Liu Miao, leading a group of young maidservants to tend to the spirit plant peach orchard in the backyard.

"Little Xuan, come here quickly!"

Liu Miao waved at Liu Xuan, and when Liu Xuan walked to her side, she said excitedly: "Do you know how to take care of these spirit plant peaches? I'm afraid I might kill them!"

Liu Miao had been hanging around Gangs since she was little, fighting and killing every day, known for being brave, fierce, and reckless.

In reality, she didn't want to live this kind of life at all; she only wanted to plant flowers and raise grass!

She was now the Deputy Gang Leader of the Flower Snake Gang, and since she wasn't responsible for specific Gang affairs and didn't have to do anything, she was living the life she had once dreamed of.

"I don't know anything about spirit plant matters either; Sister, just do as you see fit. Even if they die, it doesn't matter; just plant them again!"

They were just over a dozen First-Rank Low Grade spirit plant peach trees; Liu Xuan didn't pay much attention to them, and besides, they weren't that easy to kill.

"How can that be!"

Liu Miao glared at Liu Xuan irritably, "You've made it big, so you've forgotten the past, right? These are such good spirit plant peach trees; wouldn't it be a pity if they died?"

No matter what status or position Liu Xuan had now, Liu Miao still treated him as the little brother he once was, habitually lecturing him.

"Okay! Okay!"

"When I have time, I'll find you some books on planting spirit plant peaches, alright!"

Liu Xuan said with a helpless smile.

"That's more like it!"

Liu Miao looked at Xia He and She Xiaorong waiting opposite, and waved at Liu Xuan, "Go and attend to your proper business; I'll research it slowly by myself."

Leaving the peach orchard, Liu Xuan walked toward Xia He and She Xiaorong, "Have the people from the various Families arrived?"

"They have all arrived and are waiting in the living room!" She Xiaorong said.

Liu Xuan nodded and walked ahead toward the guest hall in the main house of the outer courtyard.

The large Liu Mansion was not empty; the backyard housed Liu Xuan's many maids and maidservants, while the outer courtyard was filled with Flower Snake Gang Disciples acting as servants and menials.

Inside the large living room.

It was packed with people, basically all Qi Refinement Stage Cultivators; they were the upper-level figures of the cultivation Families who had previously surrendered to Zhao Deliang in advance.

Back then, these people had paid a great price to surrender to Zhao Deliang for the sake of stability.

Now that Yongning was generally stable, and taxes had increased by fifty percent, they really couldn't handle it anymore!

Although Zhao Deliang had told them he would exempt them from the newly added fifty percent tax, these people still felt they were losing out.

They didn't dare to go back on their word, but they still held some resentment in their hearts, feeling that Zhao Deliang and Liu Xuan had tricked them.

This time, Liu Xuan had invited them over without stating the specific reason, only saying that there was an Opportunity to give them.

The group of Family upper-level figures sat expressionlessly in the living room; they wanted to see what kind of Opportunity Liu Xuan could actually give them!

"Everyone, sorry for the long wait! I am truly sorry."

Liu Xuan entered the room and bowed to the group of Family upper-level figures one by one.

A total of eighteen Families had come to the hall, with dozens of Cultivators, among whom seven were in the Late Stage of Qi Refining.

Half of these Families had surrendered to Zhao Deliang through Liu Xuan, and the other half had been handled by Zhao Deliang's own trusted aides.

"Hahaha! Talisman Master Liu is too polite; we just arrived too!"

"We old fellows have nothing to do anyway; it's only been a little while, Talisman Master Liu doesn't need to be concerned!"

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Although they were dissatisfied in their hearts, they still had to give him Face!

Liu Xuan himself was an Inner Sect Disciple, a First-Rank Mid-Grade Talisman Master, and Zhao Deliang's trusted aide; it was rumored he also had a background of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator Family within the Sect, so how could they dare to put on a sour Face toward Liu Xuan?

"Good!"

Liu Xuan walked to the main seat and sat down, "I won't say much nonsense; I intend to form the Yongning Merchant Alliance, to form an alliance for self-preservation and mutual commercial assistance."

"The current Yongning is waiting to be rebuilt; it is the time for us to show our skills. Are you all willing to join?"

Yongning Merchant Alliance?

The group of Family upper-level figures fell silent, contemplating the intention behind Liu Xuan's move.

After a moment of silence, the Wang Family Head, Wang Chen, asked: "What are the specific rules of this Yongning Merchant Alliance that Talisman Master Liu mentioned, and what do we need to do?"

"I have already said it just now: alliance for self-preservation and mutual commercial assistance!"

Liu Xuan looked at Wang Chen and continued: "For example, the Unicorn Savage Cattle raised by your Wang Family; if sold separately, the cowhide and bones can be sold for money, the blood and meat can be sold for money, and the tendons and horns can also be sold for money; it would definitely earn more than selling the whole thing directly!"

"The role of the Merchant Alliance is for us to gather together, find buyers and sellers in advance, and maximize profits!"

"Besides that, we can also expand our business to other industries."

"Everyone! The Chen Family has been destroyed, and many of the Chen Family's die-hard vassals have also been destroyed; many things within this Yongning City need a new batch of people to handle them!"

The eyes of the group of Family upper-level figures lit up; Liu Xuan's meaning was very simple: he wanted them to take over the power vacuum left after the Chen Family was exterminated!

If what Liu Xuan said was true, then that was indeed an Opportunity; the little bit of sacrifice from before was not worth mentioning at all.